Tears have a bad rap! People look at you when you cry and feel sorry for you, whether they are tears of happiness or tears of pain! Men and women alike fight to control their tears! "There is no crying in baseball" (from 'A League Of Their Own') but across the board, all believe that for every vocation!
Holding back tears; stuffing our feelings down deep, is what keeps most therapists in business!
Little boys especially are taught that "men don't cry"! So we women, in our mixed-up society, endeavor to be like our male counterparts!
I submit to you that once again we have been robbed by the enemy!
Tears are good, for every occasion! And an understanding of why they occur, not only sheds light on areas that need healing, but brings joy to all involved!
Not crying, when a situation is meant to move you to tears, is a sign of a hard heart! It takes God, changing the heart to bring tenderness again!
Tears are a sign of brokenness and that means God is at work!
“I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.”
Psalms 6:6 KJV
Tears can also be a sign that joy unspeakable has occurred in our heart!
Tears are a sign of compassion for someone else's pain!
“Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!”
John 11:35-36 KJV
“Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!” Jeremiah 9:1 KJV
Tears may be a sign of a memory of a time, or a place, or a loved one; of deep regrets or sweet vignettes! Young or old, memories stay with us and may bring us joy or pain; the latter of which God wants to heal!
“Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;”
2 Timothy 1:4 KJV
Sometimes when one has not been allowed to cry, and the dam of emotion is broken, the tears come as a flood! Those are cleansing tears! God again is at work!
God believes our tears to be important!
“Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?” Psalms 56:8 KJV
As followers of Jesus we are required to weep for the lost, because Jesus did!
“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.” Psalms 126:5-6 KJV
Father, turn our hearts back to you and give us tears for the lost! "Break our hearts for what breaks Yours." Casting Crowns 'Jesus, Friend Of Sinners'
Even so - MARANATHA!
9/14/16
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